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A. TAYLOR Farm Gate.

No. 79.025. Patented June, .1868.

ABNER TAYLOR, OF NEW HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 79,025, dated June 16, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARM-GATE.

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Be it known that I, ABNER TAYLOR, of New Hartford, county of Litchfield,and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and improved Farm-Gate;al1-dI Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to'thelettersof reference marked thereon.

'lhis invention relates tovcerta-in improvement in farm-gates, andconsist principally in weighting and hanging the gate-in such mannerthat when unlatched it instantly assumes a vertical position, passinginbetween the gatefposts,` and leaving the roadway entirely olea-r. Theconstruction and operationwill be fully'described hereinafter.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation ot" the gate closed.

Figure?, a. side elevation-of the gate open; and

Figure 3 a top view of the gate closed. i

In the drawings, A represents the gate, which is made'in any ordinarymanner sliitable; and swung between the gate-posts B B. VIts rear andlower end is secured .between the two parts ot' the double post B bymeans of the bolt b; upon which latter the gate turns iu opening andclosing, To tbe unnenenf and to theinsido of `onepart of the post B, issecured a long rail, C, by means of a loose b olt,'c, upon which therail turns to assume a vertical position.V The short arm ot' the rail Cis heavily weighted, as shown.

c represents a lug, attached tothe under side of rail C, near its.forward end, to which is fastened, by a loose bolt, the upper end ofbar d. The lower 'end of this bar is also loosely. attached to theforward and lower corner of' the gate A, i

e represents a rod, attached lat one end to the lower bai` ot' Vthegate, which passes up and over the rail'C, forming a loop, its upper endbeing attached to the upper har of the gate, as shown. i

' b" represents a spring-catch, which shuts over a: slot in post B', inwhich slot rests the rail C when. the gate isciosed. l

The operation of' my invention-is as follows:

The gate, when closed, is retained securely iii-place by means of Athespringcateh b', which shuts over the end of rail C. When it is desiredto open the gate, it is only necessary to draw back 'the catch, and therail C isti-eed, the heavily weighted arm of which causes itiminediately to rise, and with it, of course, the gate A. When the gateis open, it will be `readily observed thatit is hung entirely by thebottom rail, tho rear end being pivoted between the double post B, andthe forward end to the rail C, by means of the bar d. It willalso beobserved that the rail C is hung by means of a projection, in rear ofthe line of' post B, by which arrangement the lower and upper pointsupon which the frate is hung are in line when the gate is open. By thisarrangement, and by the relative position of the gate A- to the rail C,the gate is forced to pass by the rail C in opening, and the roadway isthus left entirely clear. Y

When open, the gate is securely held .by means ot` bar d, the lower' endof which is Athrown by the force of the opening a little beyond thevertical line. In this position no force can shut the gate. The bar dinust irst be pulled forward before the gate can close. rJ'he rod eserves to steady andsupport the 4forward'end ofv the gate, the rear endbeing held between the parts of post B.

' Having thus fully described my invention,'what I claim as new,- anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The gate A, posts B B', rail C, har 0l, and rod e, the whole beingconstructed and arranged as and forA the purpose described.

ABNER TAYLOR.

